Make progress right now. Passing a budget, Immigration Reform, farm bill. Those are three specific things that would make a huge difference in our economy right now. The american peoples hopes and dreams are what matter, not ours. Our obligations are to them. Our regard for them compels us all, democrats and republicans, to cooperate and compromise and act in the best interests of our nation. Meanwhile Vice President joe biden welcomed furloughed federal employees back today at the Environmental Protection agency. He even brought muffins along. And greeting visitors this morning, ted cruz, who many think was the architect of the shutdown. He and other conservatives vow to continue the fight. We havent given up the fight. We are going to prevail on this issue. Joining me right now, nbc news capitol hill hill correspondent luke russert and correspondent kristen dahlgren. Anything on the renewed invig racing in the spirit of compromise . Its interesting. Harry reid said it was his goal to
turn for the worse. excessive alcohol consumption and then a sexual encounter, possibly even videotaped. he told police it was consensual. she says absolutely not. police quickly filed charges of sexual assault. i thought something would be done about it and that it wouldn t happen again. reporter: but then the charges were dropped. the prosecutor cited lack of evidence. melinda says she believes the family of the accused help make the charges disappear. the district attorney said he dropped the case because the colemans refused to speak on the record. in my opinion they were the one that cast the death nail on the case and if they were wanting to put it back to life, they d come back to me. reporter: the colemans insist they did cooperate. what exactly happened is unclear. the court file is sealed for now. what is clear is that life got even harder for daisy after her accusations went public. in maryville coleman said many
0 conversations about a weakened leadership position for him. well, interestingly enough this entire shutdown episode has made him a stronger leader within his conference. people like michele bachmann, real conservative representat e representatives like steve king, they love what john boehner did because they how he took the fight all the way into the foxhole for them for the last three weeks. that s sort of the perverse logic here on capitol hill. you can shut down the government and yet be pursued as a stronger leader within your party. it s an odd thing. i still believe the conservative groups on the outside have undue influence with the gop congress. these guys hijacked the plane. they had no idea how to pilot it. if they can figure out how to pilot it, you can see boehner crumble because he s of the mind set of creating some sort of large-scale deal before it s over. he wants something to hang his hat on besides going up to the bring every time and more than sequester cuts, tho